ACRO's Good Clinical Podcast

In 2024, ACRO announced its D&I Site Resource Grants Program. Designed to support an innovative 12-month pilot project, the site resource grants act as a platform to incubate innovative strategies for improving representative enrollment in clinical research.    On this episode, site grantee representatives Dr. Ammara Mushtaq, MD (Brooklyn Clinical Research), Dr. Lovie Negrin, APRN (Randomize Now), and Sandra Carmona Torres, BSN (K2 Medical Research) join the podcast to discuss the lessons learned through implementing their pilot projects so far.   They dive deeper into how sites can address barriers to participation, the need for consistent investment in building trust and engaging local community members, and the state of clinical research from a site perspective.

In this episode, Jonathan Norman (Director, Localisation Services, YPrime) and Laura Russell (Senior Vice President, Head of Data and AI Product Development, Advarra) join the podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming today’s clinical operations.   They dive deeper into how AI can be used to improve protocol design, drive efficiency in localization processes, and modernize clinical operations to expand access to trials and get treatments to patients sooner.

In the latest collaboration between ACRO and TransCelerate BioPharma, Cris McDavid (Senior Director, Global Clinical Operations, Parexel) and Tashan Mistree (Senior Director, Business Operations, Office of Chief Medical Officer, GSK) join this week’s episode to discuss the impact of ICH E6(R3) from their different vantage points in the clinical research industry.   They dive deeper into their experiences implementing the new guidance at their respective companies, the new opportunities that R3 has created in the partnership between CROs and sponsors, and how they envision the future state of R3 once industry has fully embraced the guidance.  FIND ACRO & TRANSCELERATE'S ICH E6(R3) TOOLS & RESOURCES HERE: https://www.acrohealth.org/initiatives-hub/interpreting-ich-e6r3/

Malaikannan Sankarasubbu (Chief Technology & AI Officer, Saama) and Jonathan Shough (Chief Information Officer, Parexel) join this week’s episode to discuss how the strategic use of AI technologies is transforming clinical development.   They dive deeper into which advancements in generative AI have the potential to improve the clinical trial workflow, the integration of AI and predictive analytics in risk assessment processes, and the importance of strong change management strategies when implementing new AI technologies.

On this episode, Tania Simoncelli (Vice President, Translational Impact and Engagement, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) and Nasha Fitter (Co-founder & CBO, Citizen Health and Co-founder & CEO, FOXG1 Research Foundation) join forces to discuss how rare disease patient advocacy has transformed over time and how the biopharmaceutical industry should adapt to better meet the needs of today’s patients.   They dive deeper into the evolution of rare disease patient advocacy groups, why industry must move beyond the hyperfocus on “blockbuster drugs” to make progress in rare disease research, and how advancements in rare disease treatments can benefit the clinical research ecosystem for all.